Conservatives tell Ottawa protesters to go home
Interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen is asking demonstrators who’ve blocked off roads in downtown Ottawa for days to go home.
Why Pierre Poilievre has been embraced by Bitcoin believers — including one who’s raising funds for the ‘Freedom Convoy’
Conservative leadership candidate is seen as an ally by some in the cryptocurrency community
As other provinces and countries lift COVID restrictions, should Ontario follow suit?
A look at how Ontario compares to some Northern European countries on deaths, hospitalizations and vaccinations sheds light on where we are heading.
‘Immediately’ end protest or face arrest, Ottawa police warn truckers
The federal government made clear that it is not prepared to invoke emergency powers to take the reins of the crisis.
Ontario auto plants, including Ford and Stellantis, reduce production due to Ambassador Bridge blockade
Ford Motor Company cut production at its Oakville Assembly Plant by 50 % on Tuesday while Stellantis sent 5,000 workers home from its Windsor plant.
Toronto police close downtown streets over Ottawa truck protesters’ threat to relocate
It’s unclear if social media posts threatening a move to Toronto are sincere. Asked whether the demonstration was actually leaving the capital, one organizer told...
Jason Kenney apologizes for comparing unvaccinated people to AIDS patients
Kenney spent some of his life in the 1980s campaigning against hospital visitation rights for same-sex couples during the AIDS crisis.
Toronto’s downtown population soared by 16 per cent despite pandemic fears of an urban exodus, census data shows
Overall, the city grew by 2.3 per cent, while the GTA eclipsed the six million mark for the first time — growing by 4.6 per...
Today’s coronavirus news: Ontario to roll out free COVID-19 rapid antigen tests at grocery stores; Canadians less trusting of politicians as pandemic drags on, poll finds
Meanwhile, Statistics Canada is scheduled this morning to release the first set of findings from last year’s census taken against the backdrop of the COVID-19...
Armine Yalnizyan: Could a $10-a-day deal hurt Ontario’s thousands of child-care businesses?
With $10.2 billion in federal funding for Ontario on the table, there is no better time to be in the business of child care, with...